Famous quotes containing the word private:
“My gentleman gives the law where he is; he will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field, and outshine all courtesy in the hall. He is good company for pirates, and good with academicians; so that it is useless to fortify yourself against him; he has the private entrance to all minds, and I could as easily exclude myself, as him.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“I am sure that in estimating every mans value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
“Eddie: Who are you soldier?
Philip Marlowe: Marlowes my name. Im a private detective.”
—William Faulkner (18971962)
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